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Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Article-Budget cuts threaten women’s safety: MLC

Hobart Mercury | 20 April 2026; pg 2. Budget cuts threaten women's safety: MLC Elise Kaine Wrong decisions in the upcoming state budget could lead to worsening outcomes for women, an independent MLC warned as demonstrators gathered at a rally against gendered violence...

Article-Precinct for STEM closer to reality as Bill passes Third Vote

Article-Precinct for STEM closer to reality as Bill passes Third Vote

The Mercury | 17 April 2026; pg 5.Precinct for STEM closer to reality:Bill passed at third readingElise KaineThe University of Tasmania has welcomed the passage of a new Bill designed to secure funding for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics...

Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

Article-Government stalls on child abuse failures

 The Mercury | 16 April 2026; pg 4.Government stalls on child abuseElise KaineThe government has not shown meaningful cultural and behavioural change in the wake of an inquiry into child sex abuse in state settings, according to a parliamentary report tabled this...

Question – Government Vehicle Fleet Electrification

Question – Government Vehicle Fleet Electrification

Ms WEBB question to LEADER for the GOVERNMENT in the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Ms RATTRAY[2.52 p.m.]My question goes to the ramifications of remaining fossil fuel-dependent, and the urgent need for Tasmania to genuinely move to a zero-carbon future.The Tasmanian government...

While pokies were closed
due to COVID-19
Tasmanians saved

Poker machines were closed in Tasmania on March 23, 2020
and reopened on June 26, 2020.
In 2018-19 Tasmanians lost $171,603,745 to poker machines

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